A third person was arrested on January 31 in connection with the assault of a 51-year-old Jewish man in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn on the morning of January 30.
The third person has been identified as Joshua Peters, 20. The other two arrested were Nazar Walters, 18, and Teshon Bannister, 21.
The three men allegedly punched and kicked the 51-year-old Jewish man on the street at around 1 a.m.; the man said the three men tried to rob him. The three men also allegedly attacked a 22-year-old man, who identified himself as Mendel Super, just before the 51-year-old Jewish man was attacked. There doesn’t appear to be any relation between the two victims.
Super told the New York Post that he was “punched in the face really, really hard” by the three men while he was talking to his father.
“It was just an attack of hate and anti-Semitism, I guess ’cause I look identifiably Jewish,” Super said.
Super added, “Everyone needs to recognize that life is bigger than just you.”
“God created all of us. No matter what race or creed we may be, everyone is important to God,” Super said. “I think when we recognize that, we will come to appreciate the value of each and every individual, especially if they’re different from us. But unfortunately, this isn’t a new thing in our neighborhood.”
